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Interactive Policy Forum on Health Care, 'Big Data'

Washington, D.C.

JUN

Webinar About How Physicians Use Health IT

Online

JUN

Summit Explores Using Video Games in Health Care

Boston

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FROM THE FOUNDATION

Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

Keeping Track of Asthma

CHCF has made a second investment in Asthmapolis, a device that tracks asthma inhaler use and reports data through mobile phones to patients and doctors to better manage the disease.

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Health Care Providers Reporting Rise in Data Security Breaches

A new report by HIMSS Analytics and Kroll Advisory Solutions finds that health care providers have experienced a rise in health data breaches over the past few years. However, the report also finds that this year's survey respondents expressed greater confidence than previous years' respondents in their readiness to handle such breaches. Healthcare IT News, Kroll Advisory Solutions release.

FDA Prepares To Unveil Monitoring Program for Medical Device Safety

Sometime this month, FDA is expected to launch a new medical device safety monitoring program. One of the proposals for the program is to create a unique device identifier number for medical devices to enable electronic tracking of problematic equipment. Wall Street Journal.

Study: Mobile-Based Hospital Communication System Improves Care

A new study published in the journal BMJ Open finds that a hospital in the United Kingdom reduced its length of patient stay by replacing a phone- and pager-based communication system with a smartphone- and tablet-based communication system. FierceMobileHealthcare.

Report Calls for U.S. Health Care Industry To Boost Social Media Use

A new report from consultancy firm CSC recommends that U.S. health care organizations expand their use of social media beyond marketing purposes. According to the report, the U.S. lags behind several other countries in hospital adoption of social media tools. InformationWeek.

California Telehealth Network Nabs $700K Donation From Insurer

The California Telehealth Network plans to use a recent $700,000 donation from UnitedHealthcare to expand telehealth training and provide technical support for rural and underserved hospitals and clinics across the state. Sacramento Business Journal, Healthcare IT News.

Are Federal Training Programs Meeting the Growing Need for a New Health IT Workforce?

Tim Andrews of Booz Allen Hamilton, Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Norma Morganti of the Midwest Community College Health IT Consortium spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to bolster the health IT workforce.

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DATA POINTS

What Social Media Websites Are Health Care Providers Using for Professional Networking?

Forty-one percent of surveyed health care providers said they are using the social media website Facebook for professional networking purposes, while 29% say they are using YouTube and 23% say they are using LinkedIn, according to a survey by health care staffing and recruitment firm AMN Healthcare.

PERSPECTIVES

Moving Federal Health Care Targets Becoming a Way of Life

by Fred Bazzoli

Last month, CMS pushed back for the second time the enforcement date for the transition to HIPAA 5010 transaction sets. Observers say the delay -- as well the extension for ICD-10 implementation-- raises questions about the validity of future federal deadlines.

FEATURES

E-Health Record Adoption: A Look Under the Hood

by Ken Terry, iHealthBeat Contributing Reporter

Several recent surveys show that electronic health record adoption is growing across the country -- a possible indication that the federal government's meaningful use program is working. However, a closer look at the numbers indicates that EHR adoption still has a long way to go.